Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

[NathanR]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
Is there an update on the belated E400FCEV fleet? Franchising is due sometime next year and the last thing I heard was them sitting about at an ADL facility somewhere. (I believe that was 5-6 months ago?)

I know from memory that the Stagecoach fleet had company vinyls and fleet numbers applied when I asked about them a while ago but have remained unused.

[chris-s]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(09/09/2025 22:24)NathanR Wrote:  Is there an update on the belated E400FCEV fleet? Franchising is due sometime next year and the last thing I heard was them sitting about at an ADL facility somewhere. (I believe that was 5-6 months ago?)

I know from memory that the Stagecoach fleet had company vinyls and fleet numbers applied when I asked about them a while ago but have remained unused.

Still up in Anston undergoing repairs and testing

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot

(09/09/2025 22:24)NathanR Wrote:  Is there an update on the belated E400FCEV fleet? Franchising is due sometime next year and the last thing I heard was them sitting about at an ADL facility somewhere. (I believe that was 5-6 months ago?)

I know from memory that the Stagecoach fleet had company vinyls and fleet numbers applied when I asked about them a while ago but have remained unused.

The last i heard is the arriva ones are done and stagecoach ones are supposedly underway.
But I think they may await all the batch to be finished before returning so that they can hit the road together.

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
3129 should be making the move across from southport tomorrow as I shall be picking it up at lunchtime.

[CX06 EBK (Administrator)]

RE: Arriva North West - St Helens Depot
It'll be a long wait then, most of the Stagecoach hydrogen buses are still dumped on the back wall at Gillmoss.